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Abstract #48043 Published in IGR 13-4

Histopathology of the Ex-PRESS Shunt

Aziz H; Fantes F; Dubovy S
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye 2011; 42: e94-96


The authors report the histopathologic features of a human enucleated eye with an Ex-PRESS shunt (Optonol, Ltd., Neve Ilan, Israel). An 86-year-old man with a blind painful eye underwent enucleation. He had a history of glaucoma with an Ex-PRESS shunt implanted. Histopathologic evaluation of the specimen showed a thin layer of fibrotic tissue surrounding the implant. In this case, the Ex-PRESS shunt was relatively well tolerated in the human eye. Copyright 2011, SLACK Incorporated.

H. Aziz. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.


Classification:

12.8.10 Woundhealing antifibrosis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)



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